$63.5 Million
Estimated Open for Monsters, Inc!(by digitalmediafx.com) Weekend estimates are in and Disney/Pixar's
Monsters,
Inc. had one of the biggest weekend openings of
the year, bringing in an estimated $63.5 million and blowing away
analyst predictions. Families swarmed theaters as showings continually
sold out in theaters nationwide. The $63.5 million easily beat
Shrek's opening of $42.3 last May even though Shrek
was featured on more screens.

Monsters,
Inc. has now set a milestone with the biggest 3-day opening
for an animated film ever. In addition 100% of moviegoers who
took a studio-sponsored exit poll said that Monsters, Inc. was
either "excellent" or "very good".

Final weekend
box office numbers will be released Monday night and reported
by Digital Media FX on Tuesday morning.

Digital Media
FX is tracking box office results for Shrek and Monsters,
Inc. side by side for comparison purposes. Click
here to view this special report.

Toy Story
2 Vs. Emmy Awards and World Series(by digitalmediafx.com) ABC will air Toy Story 2 tonight
(Sunday, November 4) amidst stiff competition on other networks.
Fox is airing game seven of the World Series and CBS is airing
the twice postponed Emmy Awards.

Toy Story
2 will air beginning at 7:00pm (PST/EST) on The Wonderful
World of Disney.

"It seems
like only... well, hardly yesterday, but maybe a year or two ago
that moviegoers were laughing at the sight of two computer-animated
table lamps cavorting across the screen.

Those lamps
were part of the early Pixar short film "Luxo, Jr."
Other Pixar computer-animated shorts include 'Knickknack,' 'Red's
Dream,' 'The Adventures of Andre and Wally B.' and 'Tin Toy,'
which won an Oscar in 1988..."